Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center
Assessment of heat tolerance among pansies, violas and related species
Rudbeckias in a long-term field performance study
Diversity among phlox flowers - Phlox is one of our priority genera
Celebrating the wonderful world of begonias during 2012!
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The Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center (OPGC) is part of the National Plant Germplasm System, a network of organizations and people dedicated to preserving the genetic diversity of crop plants.

The OPGC is a joint effort of the USDA-ARS and The Ohio State University's Department of Horticulture and Crop Science.  Financial support is provided through the Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative of the ARS.

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Recent News

Field trial of floriculture crops in Argentina
The OPGC participated in the seventh International Symposium on New Floricultural Crops held 22-25 November 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  The symposium, sponsored by the International Society for Horticultural Science, featured international speakers discussing a variety of important...
TheBuckeyeOct11
The Educational Update section of The Buckeye, Volume 22, Issue 9, the monthly magazine of the Ohio Nurserymen and Landscape Association, consists of an article titled Phlox 101: Perspectives on an Underutilized Genus of Native Plants written by Peter Zale and Pablo Jourdan.  The article...
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Undergraduate students at the Ohio State University (and other institutions) can take advantage of the opportunity to participate in various research projects undertaken at the OPGC.  A new link has been added to the Research category that describes some projects available for students to...
G. Texeira
 The OPGC benefits from the interaction with students and scholars from many countries.  The latest visitor to join us for a 6-month study tour is Guilherme Texeira from the Universidade Federal de Lavras in Brazil.  Guilherme will be staying with us until January 2012 and during...